Manitoba Communities: Macdonald (Rural Municipality)

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This municipality was named for Sir John A. Macdonald, first Prime Minister of Canada.

Present Status	Rural Municipality of Macdonald (25 May 1881)
Incorporation History	Rural Municipality of Macdonald (25 May 1881)
Adjoining Municipalities	Cartier, Dufferin, Grey, Headingley, Morris, Ritchot
Constituent Communities	Brunkild, Dipple, Domain, Ferndale, Fortress, La Salle, Mollard, Oak Bluff, Osborne, Sanford, Starbuck
Land Area (square km)	1158.33

Population

Year	Total
1871	800
1881	800
1891	819
1896	527
1901	1360
1911	2544
1921	2993
1931	3475
1941	3676
1951	3041
1956	2895
1961	2983
1966	3091
1971	3169
1976	3247
1981	3403
1986	3583
1991	3999
1996	4900
2001	5320
2006	5653
2011	6280
2016	7162
2021	8120

Reeves

Term	Reeve
1881-1884	A. Dryden
1884-1887	T. A. Gamble
1887-1889	William Parker
1889-1891	John Wilson
1891-1895	John W. Parker
1895-1896	J. O. Faubert
1896-1897	A. Meakin
1897-1902	D. R. Stewart
1902-1904	A. Wilson
1904-1905	John W. Parker
1905-1907	William H. Wheatland (1867-?)
1907-1911	R. W. Woods
1911-1912	John Fletcher Goldsborough (1863-1943)
1912-1919	James Heron “Jim” Parker (1876-1960)
1919-1927	Samuel A. Rodgers
1927-1932	Charles Everett Sweeney (1873-1953)
1932-1937	James C. Sim
1937-1945	William Allinson
1945-1953	Homer F. Mills
1953-1960	Henry Magarrell
1960-1977	Lloyd E. Magarrell
1977-1986	Carl F. Pitura
1986-1988	Donald Laverne Manness (c1943-2022)
1988-1991	Victor F. Baleja
1991-1995	Glenn Wayne Dressel (1943-1998)
1995-2014	Rodney Burns (1944-2023)
2014-?	Bradley “Brad” Erb

Clerks / Secretary-Treasurers / Chief Administrative Officers (1883-2006)

Term	Clerk / Secretary-Treasurer
1883	Cornelius W. Wheatland
1884	A. M. Brown
1885	R. W. Code W. J. Robinson
1886-1887	John Cuddy (1843-?)
1888	A. Wilson
1889-1890	A. Dryden
1891-1906	John Cuddy
1906-1932	Harold “Harry” Grills (1870-1954)
1932-1942	Vernon E. Fox
1942-1967	Gladstone C. Catley
1967-1991	Lorne F. Erb
1991-?	Tom Raine

Councillors (1881-2006)

Name	Term
W. Allinson	1909, 1922-1927
D. Anseeuw	1998-2002
V. Baleja	1977-1989
S. E. Baldwin	1946-1961
A. H. Bertrand	1881
A. H. Bestland	1995-1998
Cynthia Bisson	1998-?
W. H. Black	1900-1902
J. Blanco	1906, 1908-1910
H. Bohemier	1911-1912
Rodney Burns	1989-1995
B. Casselman	1888-1891
S. Cockerill	1992-1995
J. A. Cormier	1909-1910, 1913-1920, 1923-1926
H. M. Courtney	1909-1913
J. D. Cuddy	1911-1928
James Anthony Cuddy (1892-1971)	1948-1953, 1957-1970
W. Cummings	1906-1908, 1910-1911
R. H. DeVos	1973-1977
Doug Dobrowolski	1992-?
R. Doerksen	1986-1998
A. Dryden	1887-1889, 1892-1897, 1903-1905, 1908-1910
J. C. Dryden	1920-1926, 1933-1938
G. Dyck	1989-1992
K. Dyck	1986-1989
Brad Erb	2002-?
J. P. Fast	1928-1943, 1946-1950
L. Fetterman	1940-1945
W. Flinn	1929-1944
W. A. Fowler	1887
M. Gaudry	1902-1905
John Fletcher Goldsborough (1863-1943)	1903-1907
Joseph Henry Goldsborough	1954-1971
J. Grabowski	1944-1945
C. Guilbault	1898-1899
W. M. Herbert	1920-1921
D. A. Houston	1902, 1928-1939
George Junkin	1995-?
R. M. Junkin	1971-1977
P. L. Kaminsky	1951-1965
A. Kemp	1889-1905
Roger Kirouac	2002-?
E. Lagace	1980-1986
M. Lagace	1961-1971, 1977-1980
W. Laughland	1891-1892
Gilles Lavallee	1998-?
J. Lecomte	1892
R. Livingston	1944-1947
R. H. Longmore	1903-1906
H. W. Magarrell	1939-1953
L. E. Magarrell	1947-1960
L. Manness	1975-1986
F. W. Manness	1890
J. Marshal	1995-1998
A. McCurdy	1898, 1900-1901
J. McDonald	1898-1902
B. L. McDole	1945-1956
P. McGrath	1906-1908
G. McIntyre	1877
R. McLean	1900-1901
A. McPherson	1977-1986
J. J. McRae	1900-1901
A. Meakin	1912-1919
D. A. Mills	1912-1919
Homer Mills	1928-1943
H. G. Mills	1922-1926
D. Milne	1903-1905
T. J. Montgomery	1888-1889
C. A. Moors	1926-1927
Joe Morse	1972-1989
Bob Morse	1995-?
B. Murphy	1986-2002
T. Nugent	1889-1897
A. Olund	1979-1992
W. Orr	1902
M. Oughton	1907
G. Parker	1899, 1902-1903
J. W. Parker	1887-1888, 1890
H. Picken	1924-1925
Carl Pitura	1961-1974
L. Poersch	1989-1992
W. S. Reid	1891
J. Rempel	1978-1986
W. J. Robinson	1889-1892
J. E. Rochon	1921-1922
R. O. Rochon	1937-1946
L. R. Russell	1892
C. Ryan	1986-1992
J. C. Sim	1927-1932
J. J. Sim	1954-1960
R. Smith	1887, 1889-1891
C. E. Sweeney	1911-1920
G. P. Wastle	1898-1899
F. W. Weidman	1962-1974
J. E. Wheatland	1920-1921
William H. Wheatland (1867-?)	1904-1905
W. A. Wilde	1966-1974
A. Wilson	1892, 1898-1902
T. Wilson	1887-1888
R. W. Woods	1906-1907
W. Wrixon	1897-1899

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Maps

Sources

Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.

Hugging the Meridian, Macdonald: A Manitoba Municipal History, 1881-1981 by Betty Dyck, 1981.

Obituary [Donald Laverne Manness], Winnipeg Free Press, 29 October 2022.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 4 February 2023